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Introduction
Dr. Geisler is a Professor of Health Professions Education and Exercise Science and Dean at Simmons University, in Boston MA. He is deeply interested in medical cognition and decision-making, health professions curricula and critical pedagogy and is widely respected for his theoretical, experimental & practical work with clinical reasoning & the philosophical underpinnings connected to athletic training education & practice.
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January 2024 - present
Simmons University
Position
- Professor & Dean of Sciences & Health Professions
August 1998 - May 2005
Position
- Professor (Assistant)
Description
- Athletic Training Education Program Director, Instructor and Assistant Professor
August 2006 - March 2024
Position
- Professor
Description
- Athletic Training Education Program Director, Tenured Professor
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Publications (28)
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is now a well-known paradigm for the athletic training (AT) profession. The Commission onAccreditation of Athletic Training Education accredited programs have required EBP as an explicit focus for professional education, and researchers are gradually producing insightful and relevant evidence concerning the education a...
Context
As athletic training continues to evolve as a profession, several epistemological considerations must be considered. These include how we generate professional knowledge and how we secure and legitimize it in both professional and public spheres.
Objective
The purpose of this commentary is to provide an overview of how athletic training ha...
Clinical practice in sports medicine is often guided by axioms or paradigms of practice, some of which have persisted over time despite a lack of objective evidence to support their validity. Evidence-based practice compels practicing clinicians to not only seek out and produce evidence that informs their decision-making, but also to challenge exis...
The current paradigm of insidious lateral knee pain involving the iliotibial band (ITB) in repetitive knee-flexion activities has been termed ITB friction syndrome since 1975. The original model for ITB pain was based on a limited or incorrect understanding of the relevant anatomy, biomechanics, and tissue science, which gradually led to a plethora...
The current paradigm of practice concerning insidious lateral knee pain involving the iliotibial band in repetitive knee flexion activities has been presented as iliotibial band friction syndrome since 1974. Renne's original model for ITB pain was based on a limited or incorrect understanding of the relevant anatomy, biomechanics, and tissue scienc...
Background:
Although athletes are typically at low risk for developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), injured and noninjured athletes alike can be exposed to many acquired risk factors, including intense training, dehydration, trauma, immobilization, oral contraceptive use, and long-distance travel. Additionally, the risk of developing VTE might be...
Context: Diagnostic reasoning is acknowledged as a vital skill for medical practice, but research regarding this core aspect of medical cognition as it pertains to athletic training contexts is scarce. To compare athletic training–specific clinical reasoning skills with those of other health care practitioners, educators need to better understand h...
An evidence-informed paradigm change for an age old problem--ITB Friction Syndrome
Data from our novel computer generated injury/illness vignettes to assess summative outcomes in acute/emergent care, Dx, and Tx reasoning in graduating senior athletic training majors
Introduction
Every time that a traumatic or dramatic injury occurs on a field or court and in which an athletic trainer is highlighted as the primary caregiver, the double-edged sword that athletic trainers carry is exposed. Because certified athletic trainers are often the ones on the sidelines attending to all sorts of emergent and unexpected con...
Context: The cognitive process of making a clinical decision lies somewhere on a continuum between novices using hypothetico-deductive reasoning and experts relying more on case pattern recognition. Although several methods exist for measuring facets of clinical reasoning in specific situations, none have been experimentally applied, as of yet, to...
Context
Successful treatment of nonarthritic hip pain in young athletic individuals remains a challenge. A growing fund of clinical knowledge has paralleled technical innovations that have enabled hip preservation surgeons to address a multitude of structural variations of the proximal femur and acetabulum and concomitant intra-articular joint path...
Clinical reasoning is the specific cognitive process used by health care practitioners to formulate accurate diagnoses for complex patient problems and to set up and carry out effective care. Athletic training students and practitioners need to develop and display effective clinical reasoning skills in the assessment of injury and illness as a firs...
Graduate program directors and potential employers calling for reference checks on prospective hires, asking, " How does so and so function on their own? " and " How is so and so in independent situations? " ● Dedicated and insightful colleagues bringing the issue up for " discussion " at virtually every professional meeting and conference I've att...
Idiopathic shoulder injuries are common in overhead throwers, yet they present significant diagnostic and managerial challenges. In atraumatic cases, peripheral nerve injuries are rare, but they should be considered when certain features exist. The authors present a case of glenohumeral multidirectional instability induced intermittent traction of...
The diagnosis and management of the Lisfranc joint injury is a complicated and sometimes frustrating endeavor. Some con- sensus exists on the diagnosis of Lisfranc injuries; however, the proper management of these subtle injuries is still debated and poorly reported. This case review highlights a unique manage- ment of a stage III Lisfranc injury,...
Objective: To address the need for a more definitive approach to critical thinking during athletic training educational experiences by introducing the clinical reasoning model for critical thinking.
Background: Educators are aware of the need to teach students how to think critically. The multiple domains of athletic training are comprehensive and...
To introduce athletic training educators and practicing professionals to the pedagogic concept and professional benefits that multicultural education, awareness, and training might provide if implemented in athletic training education.
I reviewed textbook chapters and articles used in the course of my doctoral studies and searched the archives of D...
The delayed onset of muscular soreness (DOMS) following a heavy eccentric exercise was studied with the aim to verify the "muscular structure" and the "connective tissue" theories explaining the development of DOMS. The responses of creatine kinase (CK; "structural theory" marker) and hydroxyproline (OHP, "connective tissue theory" marker), as well...
Author's abstract: This theoretical inquiry is based upon an archaeological and genealogical deconstruction of the character, utility and state of being of the modern university in the United States. In introducing Dysacademia as an apt metaphor for today's dysfunctional academy, the current discursive analysis describes the various affects and eff...
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